The event featured lunch and games for the ladies. Every chapter of the Red Hat Society in Jackson County was invited to the event at the Human Services Building, 1715 Lansing Ave., said Trish O'Shea, activity aide with the Jackson County Department on Aging.

O'Shea spent about a week looking for the games played at the gala.

"We have never played the same game twice," O'Shea said. "Red hatters are game to do anything. They say 'Just don't treat me like I'm old."